English / idiom
Saved by the Bell
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Rescued from imminent defeat, destruction, or unbearable hardship at the very final second.
In context
01
As the toxic fumes filled the collapsed tunnel, the air team broke through, and the miners were saved by the bell.
02
Exhausted and surrounded by rising wildfire, the rangers were saved by the bell when an emergency helicopter spotted their flare.
Synonyms
rescued in the nick of time,spared at the last instant,granted a eleventh-hour reprieve
Antonyms
doomed to disaster,caught without remedy,forsaken
Collocations
saved by the bell at the last moment,truly saved by the bell,feel saved by the bell